family friend
noun
: a person who has known and spent time with one's family
She is a family friend.
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Lurking among the chaos is the Tesmans’ family friend, Judge Roland Brack (Nicholas Pinnock), with whom Hedda is currently having an affair.
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Abby Monteil, Them., 28 Oct. 2025
News of his death was first made public by longtime family friend and former bodyguard Chuck Zito.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Her brother was left parentless at the racetrack; a family friend drove him to a gas station, where an aunt picked him up, the girl said.
—Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 24 Oct. 2025
Abused by her father and a close family friend, dropping out of school after 9th grade, running away before landing a job at Mar-a-Lago making $9 an hour as a locker room attendant.
—Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
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Abby Monteil, Them., 28 Oct. 2025
News of his death was first made public by longtime family friend and former bodyguard Chuck Zito.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Her brother was left parentless at the racetrack; a family friend drove him to a gas station, where an aunt picked him up, the girl said.
—Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 24 Oct. 2025
Abused by her father and a close family friend, dropping out of school after 9th grade, running away before landing a job at Mar-a-Lago making $9 an hour as a locker room attendant.
—Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
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“Family friend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/family%20friend. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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